Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2024 19:01:40 -0700
Reply-To: LarsP <olgreywoof@GMAIL.COM>
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From: LarsP <olgreywoof@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Foil Replacement - GW Kit
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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>So … I just installed the GW foil replacement kit and everything works. Very pleased with the kit and easy installation, except the last step. This is related to something Dennis said recently about getting a good part, going back to buy more and finding something junky has been substituted. If you watch the GW video, the job is finished by plugging one end of the main harness into the new board and the other end into the connector on the factory harness. Easy. But they have deleted the connector that mates with the harness, so that kit harness is left with 14 bare wires that have to be spliced to the factory harness after you cut off the factory connector. That is a lot of crimp connections, working over, around or through the steering wheel and down in the hole in the dash. Then needing to heat-shrink all those butt connectors down in that hole without cooking everything else.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I don’t think that issue is a reason to not buy the kit, and maybe it is encouraging to someone that making a bunch of crimp connections is the hardest part of the job. Whatever the reason for deleting that connector, I thought it worth comment, and it gave me a chance to whine.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html> | 
